The AALDC Youth Community Scholarship Program provides opportunities for youth to attend local programs that are enriching while forwarding economic development within the Brooklyn communities of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill.

The child must live or attend school in either Brooklyn Districts 13 or 15. For Brooklyn Districts 13 and 15 detailed maps, please click HERE

The AALDC’s Youth Community Scholarship Program is open to all applicants who provide a compelling summary explaining the household’s limited financial resources and why the program attendance would be beneficial to your child.

Priority will be given to low-income families who submit required income verification; families with limited financial resources are also encouraged to apply

AALDC’s will also consider applicants who live in zip code 11217 or 11201 as priority, however all applicants who live or attend school in Brooklyn District 13 or 15 are encouraged to apply.

Important Rule: If your child was awarded a scholarship and you signed an agreement accepting the award, it is the parent/guardian responsibility to register for the program and have your child attend the entire program. If your program is only a one week camp program, your child must attend all five days of that program. Failure to register, non-attendance of the full program and/or lack of communication with AALDC and/or the Program Partner is a breach of the scholarship agreement and you will not be qualified to apply for a scholarship for your child for two consecutive years following the breach of agreement.

If you are applying for more than one child within the same household, you must submit separate applications. If one sibling is awarded, it does not guarantee an award for other siblings within the same household, as our awarding depends on number of spots within each program, as well.

You must complete all the application fields and questions in order for the online application to be submitted and considered.

The child must be the age range of the selected program prior to the program’s start date or July 1, 2019, whichever is earlier.

You must agree to comply with all rules and requirements within the application process.

If a scholarship award offer is made, your child must attend the full length of the partner program offered.

APPLICATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND ADDRESS VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT

You will be required to either upload or send the following Household Income Verification Documents:

2018 Income Tax Return

Proof of Income for the last month (Ex. If you apply in March 2019, please upload proof of income for February 2019)

Proof of public assistance status (if applicable)

Proof of child support payment responsibility (if applicable)

IMPORTANT: If you do not live within Brooklyn School Districts 13 or 15 or if your income verification documentation does not show proof of address within these Districts, you must provide verification from your child’s school of current attendance status (ex. Official letter from your child’s school verifying current attendance and enrollment, free or reduced lunch eligibility letter which must indicate school of attendance)

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS

Official scholarship applications become available starting February 10th, 2019. Scholarship applications are accepted via online only. The AALDC will not accept paper applications.

The deadline to submit applications and all required income verification for 2019 scholarship award consideration is April 25th, 2019 by 4 p.m. Applicants who applied during the last week have until Monday, April 29th, 2019 by noon to provide all required income and eligibility information. Please call our office at 718-875-8993 for more information (Please note, the AALDC Office is closed on Friday, April 26th, 2019).

If you have completed the online application and submitted all required household income verification documents, you will receive the status of your application in May 2019 via e-mail.

The AALDC Youth Community Scholarship Committee and representatives from our program partners will review applications and make award decisions by mid May 2019.

Low-income criteria guidelines for scholarship award priority eligibility will be based on the 2018-2019 Federal Income Guidelines used to determine eligibility for WIC Programs. The Eligibility Chart can be found at:

Scholarship award acceptance contracts will be e-mailed and sent to chosen applicants in early May 2019 with an acceptance deadline. A non-acceptance notice or acceptance contracts received past the written acceptance deadline date will automatically disqualify the scholarship recipient from the award and application year in which applied.

The Scholarship Award will be paid to the Program Partner at the AALDC’s accepted program rate. Payments for programs will not be paid directly to applicants.